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If you’ve heard a glass of wine is an excuse to skip the gym, think again …

If you’ve heard a glass of wine is an excuse to skip the gym, think again…

A natural compound found in some fruits, nuts and red wine may enhance exercise training and performance, but isn't a replacement for exercise.

By FoMD Staff on
January 30, 2015

Dr. Jason Dyck

In light of recent social media coverage of a three-year-old study performed by Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry researcher Jason Dyck, several misinterpretations have been highlighted that need to be corrected:

Red wine is no excuse not to hit the gym, period. The study, which was published in the Journal of Physiology and later appeared in Science Daily in 2012, demonstrated that a natural compound, resveratrol, which is found in some fruits, nuts (and yes, in red wine), enhances exercise training and performance. The study does not advocate avoiding exercise; instead, Dyck says, “I think resveratrol could help patient populations who want to exercise but who are physically incapable. Resveratrol could mimic exercise for them or improve the benefits of the modest amount of exercise that they can do.”

“If you’re drinking red wine to get resveratrol, you would have to drink anywhere from 100 to 1,000 bottles per day,” he adds.